Created by Atari in 1976, the concept was deceptively simple: use a paddle to bounce a ball and destroy a wall of bricks. It was designed by Nolan Bushnell and Steve Wozniak (with Steve Jobs serving as the liaison). It distilled the chaos of Pong into a solitary, strategic puzzle. It was the grandfather of block-breakers, influencing decades of games from Arkanoid to modern mobile hits.